5.7 - Meat Production

CAFOs can best be desribed as

• facilities where a large number of animals are housed and fed in a confined space

• a method of producing more meat at a higher cost

• a means of producing greater quantities of manure to fertilize fields organically

• the storing and compacting of grain for use as a nutrient supplement for cattle

Which is NOT an environmental or health problem associated with CAFOs?

• the increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria potentially harmful to humans

• the overgrazing of large tracts of land

• the runoff of animal wastes into natural waters

• the production of hug quanitities of manure, creating a waste disposal problem

Which is NOT a problem in rangeland management?

• desertification due to compaction decreased water holding capacity of soil

• overgrazing

• topsoil erosion

• rangelands displacing growth of agricultural crops

Which of the following statements is NOT true, regarding meat production

• Meat production is less efficient due to the second law of thermodynamics and trophic pyramids

• Meat production requires less fertilizer than plant production 

• Meat production requires more water per kg than plant production

• Meat production results in less protein per acre of farmland than plant production